Card holder



Feb, 16,1925. 1 ,526,373

BTA. RAINWATER CARD HOLDER Filed May 20, 1922 Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

ATENT OFFICE.

BEBTRAM A. BIAILNWATIEB, OF ST LQUIS, MISSOURI.

CARD HOLDER.

Application fiIed May 20, 1922. Serial No. 562,554.

To all whom. it may camera:

inexpensive to produce,

Be it known that warm, America, a resident of the city of S State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements i I, BERTRAM A. RAIN- a citizen of the United States of t. Louis, certain n Card Holders, of which the following is a full,

clear, mg had to the accompanying and exact description, reference bedrawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in card holders, and particularly to that class of card holders which is employed to support a price or other card in a display window or like place.

Prior to this invention, various devices ible.

simple construction, and when in parts of The card holder disclosed herein is 1s of extremely use all said holder are invisible to a personlooking at the front face of the card.

VVith the foregoingand other ob ects in view, the invention comprises the novel construction,

combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings wherein is shown the prefer bodiment of the invention. However, it 1s red emto be understood that the invention comprehends changes,

variations and modifications which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

Fig. I is rear elevation of my improved card holder.

Fig. II is an edge elevation of the card holder shown in Fig. I.

Fig. III is a vertical sectlon throughthe card holder shown in Fig. I.

Fig. IV illustrates one manner of using card holder, the pointed tongue thereof being inserted into the associated article.

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illustrates another manner of using the card holder, wherein the holder is hooked onto the associated article.

Fig. VI illustrates the manner of using the holder wherein said holder and card form an easel.

In the drawings, A designates in y improved card holder which comprises a body portion 1 having a cut-out portion 2.

Formed integral with the body portion of the card holder an p j cting into the out out per:

tion 2 is a. tang 3, the purpose of which will y be subsequently pointed out. Joined to the body portion 1 of the card holder by means of an offset portion l is a pointed tongue 5, said offset portion and said tongue being formed integral with the said body portion. Located on the body portion 1 at the upper edge thereof is a hook-shaped member 6, provided with a pointed end portion, which is for apurpose to be hereinafter explained. In using the card holder for supporting cards, the tang 3 is inserted into the card I) whereby said card is fixed to the card holder. The tang 3 is set at such an angle relative to the body of the holder that said tang will not project through the card but will be merely inserted under the surface of said card, whereby said card will be securely fixed to said' card holder but said tangwill be invisible on the front face of the card. i

When the card has beeniixed to the card holder in the manner described, the pointed tongue 5 is inserted into the article as shown in Fig. IV, said card holder being so located on said card that the lower end portion of the tongue 5 projects a slight distance below the lower edge of the card, or

the pointed end of the hook-shaped member may be inserted into the article as shown in Fig. V, in which event the card holder is located entirely behind the card. Two separate securing devices are provided because with certain articles it is desirable to have the card extending above the article, as in big. IV, while with other articles it is desirable to have the card hanging on the article, as in Fig, V. If the articles be made of material which will not permit the insertion of the tongue 5 or member 6, said card holder may be attached to said articles by hooking the hook-shaped members onto said articles.

By referring to Fig. V it will be seen that when. the hook-shaped member 6 is inserted into the article, the pointed end of the tongue 5 bears against the back face of the card whereby the danger of both the tongue 5 and the hook 6 being inserted into the article is eliminated.

In displaying certain articles it is desirable to locate the card in the display window, separated from the associated article, and in this event the card holder may be used as is shown in Fig. VI, wherein the c d nd card holder form an easel. I

using the card holder in the manner shown in Fig. VI, said card holder is reversed and the pointed tongue 5 is inserted a very slight distance into the card at a point a short distance above the bottom edge of said card. The card holder extends rearwardly at an angle relative to said card, so that said card holder constitutes a supporting leg or foot. Itwill be noted by referring to Fig. I that the upper edge 7 of the card holder is concave, and that the outer edges of said upper edge are on a line with the uppermost point of the hooked member 6. This is so arranged so that when the card holder is used as illustrated in Fig. VI the lower portion thereof will rest evenly, and there will be no danger of said card holder rocking due to the fact that it is supported solely by the comparatively narrow hook member with the outer edges of the bod Y portion raised above the article upon which the card and card holder rest.

I claim 1. A card holder comprising a body portion adapted to be arranged adjacent to a single face of a card, and a tang formed integral with said body portion and adapted to be inserted into said card, said tang being arranged at an inclination to said body portion so as to be capable of being embedded longitudinally within the thickness of the card without projecting entirely through said card whereby said card is fixed to said card holder.

2. A card holder comprising a body por tion adapted to be arranged adjacent to a single face of a card and having a cut-out portion, an inclined tang formed integral with the body portion and projecting into said cut-out portion, said tang being capable of being embedded longitudinally within the thickness of the card without projecting entirely through said card whereby said 'ard holder is attached to said card, and means whereby said card holder may be attached to an article.

3. A card holder comprising a body portion adapted to be arranged adjacent to a single face of a card and having a cutout portion, an inclined tang formed integral with the body portion and projecting into said cut-out portion, said tang being capable of being embedded longitudinally within the thickness of the card without projecting entirely through said card, an integrally formed hook-shaped member having a pointed end portion, and an integrally formed, pointed tongue extending downwardly from said body portion.

4. A card holder comprising a body 'portion adapted to be arranged adjacent to a single face of a card and having an upper concave edge, an inclined tang formedinto gral with the body portion, said tang being capable of being embedded longitudinally within the thickness of the card without projecting entirely through said card, a comparatively narrow hook-shaped member formed on said body portion at said concave edge, and an integrally formed pointed tongue extending downwardly from said body portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto affix my signature.

BERTRAM C. RAINVVATER. 

